amendment to 17th amendment
Seventeenth amendment
The direct election of senators.
Direct election of senators to Congress occurred because of the 17th constitutional amendment.
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution calls for the direct election of senators. Before its ratification in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. The amendment gives citizens the power to vote directly for their senators in elections.
direct vote for senators by the voters
u.s. senators
The 17th amendment provided for the direct popular election of the U.S senators.
1913 constitutional amendment was edited [ 17 ]
The 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires popular election of U.S. Senators.
The provisions of the seventeenth amendment were that the U.S. senators would be elected by the people.
A constitutional amendment would be required. (: